A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures mainly in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 20 to 40 mph during overnight and morning hours on February 1st and again during the overnight hours on February 2nd as temperatures dropped to 10 to 15 below zero with lighter winds. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across all of western and north central Nebraska.

Event Narrative

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures near 5 below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the overnight and morning hours on February 1st to produce dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 35 below zero across Loup County.